Re: Greek "angos"

From: tgpedersen
Message: 12984
Date: 2002-04-02

>
> BTW I found in my PC Latin dictionary that "angina" originally
meant
> a choking attack caused by coughing. There comes the (wind) pipe,
or
> tube, sense again.

Or perhaps the connecting link is

(hollow) straw, reed, reed boat

Torsten

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